Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join our Finance product team at Veracross as a mid to upper-level software engineer, working on our Student Billing and Accounting product. As a backend engineer, you will focus on the database layer, implementing business logic and performing query tuning and optimization in SQL.

Requirements

• Understanding of core accounting standards and concepts, including but not limited to: GAAP, General Ledger, and Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable
• Experience with accounting applications, such as Quickbooks, Freshbooks, Xero, or Sage
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent technical organization and planning skills
• The ability to perform technical responsibilities remotely in a mostly asynchronous environment
• The ability to be flexible and adaptable
• 4+ years of professional programming experience
• Experience with the Ruby language, Rails framework, or similar languages and technologies; experience with modern JavaScript development a plus
• Experience with relational databases
• Experience with source control, especially git
• A service- and team-oriented mindset
• US Citizenship

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the Finance team at the individual and team level
• Provide technical mentorship for team members
• Improve and maintain our Ruby on Rails applications
• Improve and maintain our products through SQL code
• Build new features within our flagship product, Axiom
• With Product Management, participate in the development of new features and platform improvements
• Enable other product areas, such as Admissions and Fundraising, to leverage our payments platform
• Expand our internal tools to automate and improve workflows
• Assist in documenting Finance team systems and tools
• Integrate Veracross with third-party systems used by private K-12 schools

Benefits

• 3 weeks of vacation per year
• 14 paid holidays per year (including the week off between Christmas and New Year's Eve)
• 56 Hours of paid sick leave annually
• Top tier benefits - Medical, Dental & Vision (Blue Cross Blue Shield & EyeMed)
• Veracross LLC Fidelity 401(k) Plan - Managed by Sentinel Benefits